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In reply to the discussion: Hey Catholic Cut-n-Runners: Come Back, Now. DU, Your Country, and World Need You. [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Hot button issue. I think some people were hopeful but this guy had some, frankly, bigoted shit printed proudly on his shirt where everyone could see it before he even got into the starting blocks.
It's a bummer, and this is an example of an issue where people on our side will issue no quarter. It's a hard fought social war. I view this as a setback, and it influences nearly a quarter of Americans.
More than that, really. I have some evangelicals on my friends list on facespace, and they are practically fawning over the guy, even though he's a catholic. Fifty years ago, they wouldn't have pissed on his smoking ashes, and here they are, like Americans fawning over the next British Royal Wedding, saying how wonderful he is, and how blessedly conservative and all that shit.
I think 'dissapointment' is a understatement.